From the category archives:

Home Office Organized

How to Create a Company Handbook

July 22, 2010
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I wrote a blog post Monday on the Ovaleye blog over at ovaleye.com/blog about getting ready for baby in our business. I am now down to 3 days to my due date and feel pretty confident about having the business to a point where I can make being a mom my number one priority for [...]

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Beating Holiday Stress

October 26, 2009
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Earlier this month, my mother and I went to a popular networking group for the first time where their speaker discussed  how to prevent holiday stress. Funny, because that is what we are focussing on this month for OvalEye. Last month we sent out a newsletter that outlined simple steps that help businesses de-stress their [...]

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White Boarding

October 20, 2009
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This summer I wrote about taking notes on a small white board (the type you would use on a college dorm room door) and how that eliminated clutter on my desktop. Along with writing my notes down on a white board, another pastime of mine is to use the much larger white boards for brainstorming [...]

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More Google Calendar Magic

October 12, 2009

Just a quick followup on my last post re: Google Calendar and how you can easily organize your home office and virtual team. Two things:

Google Calendar has a Twitter account - follow them http://twitter.com/googlecalendar
American Express Open Forum ran an article last month from Mashable on staying organized with Google calendar- for tips like color coding [...]

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How to Create a Schedule for your Team

October 10, 2009
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Our company, OvalEye Web Solutions makes use of Google Calendar as our scheduling platform. Being the family business we are, we create multiple calendars for each of our personal lives, business appointments, and marketing deadlines. It is fantastic; easy, free, and fun.
How to create a Google Calendar:
1. Sign up for a Google Account (if you [...]

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Brainstormin’ White Boardin’

April 15, 2009

Lately, one of my favorite home office tools has been a little white board that I bought from Target for about $10.
I am a note fiend, like my mother- who I work for, I have a constant need to jot down sporadic thoughts, new ideas, my to-do lists, project notes, grocery lists, etc. My mother [...]

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Favorite Home Office Things

April 6, 2009

In the spirit of Oprah’s Favorite Things being curbed this year, below are the home business owner’s list of not only favorite, but essential goods and services. While they may not be as flashy, or be delivered on a silver platter, or adorned with a big red bow, they are equally as pleasing when used [...]

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Xobni

May 6, 2008

Continuing the topic of innovation… Adam Smith and Matt Brezina founded Xobni in 2006 as a way to “take back the email inbox.” While I am not an Outlook user, this idea is awesome. Traditional email desktop applications are definitely not up to par with the standards of today’s use. I, like many others, spend [...]

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